A Week In Review . . .

Goodness, where does Mercedes begin? 

For starters we attended a wonderful wedding, I mean reception. . . So let's getting the story straight. We moved in December and the craziness started. If you are moving or thinking about moving, do not move during the holidays. Only three Christmas cards were received, my online shopping wasn't easy breezy . . . 

Anyway, back to my story. . . So we are always besties with our neighbors. These neighbors are pretty awesome and will always hold a special place in our hearts. So because of the mail being a mess, their wedding invite was sent back and instead of re-mailing the invite, I asked her to just shoot me the details. Well guess who sent me the wrong time. . . JESSICA, THE BRIDE! So we arrive as the wedding is finishing and we stick around for a bit of the reception. These two are a great couple and in my eyes were already married so the wedding was literally icing on the cake! 

As mentioned above, we left the wedding reception a little early . . . so we could load up on carbs.  We were running a race early Sunday morning and needed to get something filling in our bellies and hit the hay. I ran the Germantown Mayors 5K and C ran the Germantown Half Marathon. You guys, I'm so proud of C. He killed the race and did not even train. He seriously is a beast and I can't wait to see his time next month on his next half marathon. I ran with my brother in law's bib and PR'd my 5K. I too have not ran much these last few months so I was pretty pumped about that. I guess Dr Pepper and Honey Buns are good running snacks, eh? 

Baby M is officially 9 months old. She's wild as ever and happy as can be. She really is a lot of fun and a lot of stress all in one. She wants to put everything she sees in her mouth or throw it on the ground, it makes for a lot of good laughs and some good times. I laugh because people tell me all the time - she looks just like you! She truly was the missing piece to our lives. I sneak up on C and Baby M a lot and he either has her laughing hysterically or she's crying like a wild woman. Whatever the case, when he enters the room her eyes get wide and she smiles. She loves us and I will never take her spirit for granted. I guess that's why God encourages us to be more like children, they're full of goodness until they're 2. 

I started trying to make breakfast because I'm starving when I get to work and want to eat the chips, cookies and chocolate at 9:30 am. So I began my search on Pinterest and have officially had success on three dishes. The first is pictured below. This I would call Heaven because it is a sausage and gravy casserole. Hello, Gorgeous. Then I made a sausage and egg bake that was okay ... but the crust could have been better. Then today I made a french toast bake that needed more baking time, so I have to take C's word and know it's good because he called me to tell me "Thanks, that was pretty good." He was able to try it fresh out the oven since he goes to work later than me.  : ( 

I am a huge fan of consignment sales. I absolutely love finding Baby M's stuff on the cheap! So when she outgrew some other items, I sold those beauties and bought her new items she can love! This little gem was purchased last week and she is learning how to get on and off. She loves the buttons and apparently hates pants. . . Pretty sure I will show this picture at her sweet sixteen... 

We love Elvis, she was Elvis for Halloween ... So when I see some cute baby Elvis gear I gets it. This is courtesy of Lansky's at the Peabody Hotel. I love all the items they have for babies and I'll return to buy more cute Elvis items. She's not so thrilled to be baby Elvis, but she's cute in the gear. 

That's all folks . . . until next time! 

Mercedes